As 1999 Obie Award-winner Daniel Gerroll moves into Jean Marie Besset's What You Get and What You Expect at New York Theatre Workshop, Alan Nebelthau will step into his role in David Van Asselt's The Messenger, playing through April 16 at the Rattlestick Theatre.

As 1999 Obie Award-winner Daniel Gerroll moves into Jean Marie Besset's What You Get and What You Expect at New York Theatre Workshop, Alan Nebelthau will step into his role in David Van Asselt's The Messenger, playing through April 16 at the Rattlestick Theatre.

Nebelthau appeared on Broadway in Salome and Off-Broadway in Dr. Hero, Mud and The Lesser Magoo. His TV credits include "Guiding Light," "Loving," "One Life To Live" and "Remember WENN."

A surprise package sets off the world of The Messenger, where a bike delivery person's life becomes mysteriously entwined with a department store mogul's and finally culminates in a life-or-death struggle. Van Asselt, artistic director for Rattlestick, is the author of Winning, Dog Daze and A Trip to the Beach.

Also in the cast are Troy Garity and Amy Hart Redford. Picked as one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People of 1998, Garity appeared as his father, Tom Hayden, in the film "Steal This Movie." Redford, a current artist in residence with Mabou Mines, has credits with HBO's "The Sopranos" and NBC's "Wonderland," as well as the plays Who Will Carry the World and Hello and Goodbye.